The Childhood of Maxim Gorky

(1938)

★ 5.8 IMDb · 28 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1938

Runtime: 100 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Марк Донской

Cast: Алексей Лярский, Варвара Массалитинова, Михаил Трояновский, Елизавета Алексеева, Александр Жуков, K. Zubkov, Даниил Сагал, Сергей Тихонравов, Вячеслав Новиков, Igor Smirnov

Plot

Young Maxim grows up under the czarist regime with his grandparents as guardians. Continually demeaned by his martinet grandfather, Maxim is drawn to his warm-hearted grandmother, who instills in him the willingness to pursue his writing muse.